Buzz Hargrove
Buzz Hargrove
Basil Eldon "Buzz" Hargrove, OCis the former National President of the Canadian Auto Workers trade union. He is currently serving as a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Ryerson University's Ted Rogers School of Management...
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Mr. Green stated I will call you early tomorrow to let you know if and when GM is prepared to table an economic offer, ... It is not clear how much progress can be made until the pattern agreement is tabled.
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We're going to hang with the deadline, ... We either have a settlement or we'll have a shutdown tomorrow night at midnight. We're working toward a settlement and we hope the company is doing the same thing.
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I don't see an issue out there that would cause us to be out on the street tomorrow at midnight.
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The likelihood of a strike tomorrow at midnight is greatly reduced.
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The likelihood of a strike at midnight tomorrow is reduced substantially by the progress we made over the weekend.
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The school of thinking of a number of people around here is that he's Canadian and he might want to prove that he's not tied to his past.
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(It was) the strategy during the election that was carried out and mandated for me to carry out as the president, and I was suspended for that.
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It was an extremely challenging situation that could have led to a shutdown. I believe our members will see the wisdom in what we have done here.
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Things at the local table picked up a bit yesterday. For Chrysler to start doing local negotiations on a serious basis this early, it may very well be a signal they want to get a settlement,
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There's a good mood, ... People know the union, and the company, by the way, have done an excellent job in terms of dealing with what was a very difficult situation.
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Every member of our union realizes it's not business as usual anymore.
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The tone has changed clearly over the weekend and it would appear a settlement is imminent.
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We're close enough to do this, but far enough away to fall in the ditch, ... We're feeling somewhat better this morning, although we're not there.
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We finally have the economic proposal on the table that does cover the pattern issue,